Wild European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) adjust to captivity with sustained sympathetic nervous system drive and a reduced fight-or-flight response

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-610

  Dickens, Molly J ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WILD POPULATION;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLING; STARTLE REFLEX; TELEMETRY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; STARLINGS; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 70349933284     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/603633     Document Type: Article

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